122 FOX HUNTING. 



from and it is difficult to beat him from it. Every 

 old hound runs with his own ambition to kill, and 

 if the pack by chance gets lost from him, will run 

 as hard alone as he will in company. 



Hounds run best with their own pack, and 

 when brought in contact with other packs in the 

 field, the younger hounds become excited, un- 

 steady, and wild in their work. 



One of the members of the club, Mr. Ed- 

 ward B. Chase, is keeping hounds for his own 

 amusement at his home in Upper Darby town- 

 ship; and we understand he is undertaking the 

 selecting of hunting packs of fifteen American 

 fox hounds for each pack, by breeding, purchase, 

 and training, so the hounds shall bunch together 

 in hunting and running. We have no doubt, 

 with his energy, determination, experience, and 

 skill, that he will succeed, and he should be en- 

 couraged. The advantage will be found to be 

 great, for the lack of attention to the selecting of 

 hounds spoils many a large pack; as a few bad 

 hounds in a pack will ruin young hounds and 

 make them run off on a dog or any other animal 

 track they strike, as quickly as on a fox track, and 

 will also teach them to worry sheep, hogs, and 

 fowls. They are also sure to make a straggling 

 pack in the field, from indisposition to run in with 

 the good hounds that follow the fox closely. 



